Linosomus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Staphylininae
Tribus: Xantholinini
Genus: Linosomus
Species: L. bifurcatus – L. brincki – L. endrodyi – L. fumipennis – L. grossulus – L. hottentottus – L. mhlanlanensis – L. septentrionalis – L. socius – L. tenuicornis

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Invalid species names: L. capensis – L. diligens – L. latitarsis – L. parvus

Name

Linosomus Kraatz, 1857: 647

• Type species: Gyrohypnus tenuicornis Nordmann, fixed by subsequent monotypy by Gemminger and Harold, 1868.

Synonymy

• Linosoma Eichelbaum, 1909: 168 [emendation of Linosomus]
  • Type species: Linosoma tenuicorne Nordmann, fixed by objective synonymy with Linosomus.
• Notolinus Casey, 1906 [new synonym in Bordoni, 2016: 628]
• Kainolinus Coiffait & Saiz, 1964: 511; Bordoni, 2001: 163 [synonym of Notolinus]

References

Primary references

• Kraatz, G. 1857. Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abtheilung Coleoptera. Zweiter Band. Lieferung 3–6. Berlin: Nicolai, pp. 377–1080. Reference page.  [original description: p. 647]
• Bordoni, A. 2018. Revision of the Afrotropical Xantholinini (Coleoptera Staphylinidae). Biodiversity journal 2016, 7(4): 389–894. PDF. Reference page.  [syn. nov., description, distribution, key: p. 628]

Additional references

• Steel, W.O. 1948: Some notes on the nomenclature of the Xantholinini and Othiini (Col., Staphylinidae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 84: 268-270. Full article (PDF) on BUGZ Reference page.